[106], A second film adaptation, Queen of the Damned, was released in February 2002, starring Stuart Townsend as the vampire Lestat and singer Aaliyah as Akasha. Anne Rice, the best-selling author whose gothic tomes included "Interview with the Vampire," has died, her son said Sunday. Her most recent works are The Wolf Gift (2012) and The Wolves of Midwinter (2013). The vampire vibe and legacy Rice left behind continue to impact the city. But more recently, he and his illustrious mother became professional colleagues and business partners, even writing two novels together. Rice moved from New Orleans to California years ago, but her former home at 3711 St. Charles Ave. remains a tourist attraction known as the "Anne Rice Mansion." The 8,747-square foot. Coincidentally, when I stopped by to take a photograph, members of the Anne Rice fan club were meeting outside. [57] Author William Patrick Day comments that her writing is often "long, convoluted, and imprecise". "[25], In November 1957, Rice's father married Dorothy Van Bever. Rice . The French Quarter. Rice died on Saturday at age 80 after suffering a stroke. [117][118] As of 2002, NBC had plans to adapt Rice's Lives of the Mayfair Witches trilogy into a miniseries, but the project never entered production. Comfy benches, drawers, cabinets, and lots of hanging spaces ensure you could literally never run out of space here! Due to financial strains, Anne was forced to drop out of college and relocate to San Francisco, where she stayed with a friend until finding stable work as an insurance claims processor. My father's name was Howard, she wanted to name me after Howard, and she thought it was a very interesting thing to do. She graduated from Richardson High School the following year. One side of the tomb is stained glass, the other three sides are engraved with Stan Rice's poems from his books "False Prophet" and "Some Lamb". Astrological Sign: Libra, Death Year: 2021, Death date: December 11, 2021, Article Title: Anne Rice Biography, Author: Biography.com Editors, Website Name: The Biography.com website, Url: https://www.biography.com/authors-writers/anne-rice, Publisher: A&E; Television Networks, Last Updated: September 14, 2022, Original Published Date: April 3, 2014. In her spare time, when she wasnt working away on her next big novel, you could easily imagine Anne and Stan spending time in their billiards room. Anne actually did some of her earlier writing here. (G.E. My conscience will allow nothing else.[86][87]. It is nothing short of a stroke of genius on your part to create a restaurant that will be immortalized in history, legend and literature.'' Constructed in 1990 and located in the La Quinta Del Oro area, Annes former California home boasted 5-bedroom and 4-bathrooms as well as 3,400 square feet of living space. I wrote many novels without my being aware that they reflected my quest for meaning in a world without God.[71]. She died from complications of a stroke on December 11, 2021. [30], The Rices moved back to San Francisco in 1962, experiencing the birth of the hippie movement firsthand as they lived in the Haight-Ashbury district, Berkeley, and later the Castro District. Anne Rice [1] (born Howard Allen Frances O'Brien; October 4, 1941 - December 11, 2021) was an American author of gothic fiction, erotic literature, and Christian literature . Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. Site contains certain content that is owned A&E Television Networks, LLC. [23] The novel was a main selection of the Literary Guild of America for 1988,[57] and reached the No. The spacious kitchen features stainless steel appliances and more than enough space to cook up some tasty dishes! Several books from The Vampire Chronicles have been adapted as comics and manga by various publishers. Rice died on Dec. 11 at the age of 80. Theres also a detached two-bedroom guesthouse that has a fully set up kitchen and a living room. [50] Rice appeared on an episode of The Real World: New Orleans that aired in 2000. Where Is The Carriage House Where Anne Rice? But as Rice grew in literary stature, her interests broadened: she branched out to write lush tales of witches, wolves, mummies, Sleeping Beauty, and even Jesus Christ himself. "[73] She sold two New York City condominiums in March and April 2005. "[59], Rice's writings have also been identified as having had a major impact on later developments within the genre of vampire fiction. In response, Lestat himself responded (through Anne Rice), writing''Mr. She was raised in an observant Catholic family but became an agnostic as a young adult. In reality, the exterior shots for Coven were taken at Buckner Mansion which is literally 0.3 miles from Rosegate! In this April 25, 2006, file photo, writer Anne Rice arrives to the opening night of the Broadway musical "Lestat." Rice died late Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021, at the age of 80. You can follow Sarah on Twitter at: Twitter.com/tuspock91. SPOILER ALERT: This story contains spoilers for "What Rough Beast," the Season 1 finale of "Mayfair Witches," now streaming on AMC+. I respect that there are all kinds of denominations and all kinds of churches, but it's the entire controversy, the entire conversation that I need to walk away from right now. . They carry a large number of regional titles and signed first-edition books by local and national writers. New Orleans native Anne Rice has left her mark upon New Orleans culture, almost shifting the attraction of the city to that of a darkened and romanticized city existing within . (Photo by Sophia Germer, NOLA.com, The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate), A photograph, ring and small stones are left on the Rice ausoleum before the burial of Anne Rice at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home & Cemeteries in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. From that day on, everyone she knew addressed her as "Anne",[20][21] and her name was legally changed in 1947. The famed novelist grew up in the surrounding Irish Channel neighborhood. Rices former 55,000 sqft New Orleans home has now been transformed into luxury condos. Angels have also found their way into Rice's work. So, if you find yourself on a tour of Annes old abodes, why stop by the real coven house around the corner and snap some selfies! Postal Service[10] and authored one novel, The Impulsive Imp, which was published posthumously. Stan took a leave of absence from his teaching, and together they moved to New Orleans. Reading the first few pages of Firestarter helps to get me going. Set in New York City, it followed angels in human form battling against evil. The best known of them was her debut, Interview. Anne Rice's former home in New Orleans on 1314 Napoleon Ave. 3711 St. Charles Ave: This 1880s Victorian mansion in the Garden District is one of Rice's "earlier" mansions, which she bought in the 90s when she was allegedly writing Lasher. We strive for accuracy and fairness.If you see something that doesn't look right,.css-47aoac{-webkit-text-decoration:underline;text-decoration:underline;text-decoration-thickness:0.0625rem;text-decoration-color:inherit;text-underline-offset:0.25rem;color:#A00000;-webkit-transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;transition:all 0.3s ease-in-out;}.css-47aoac:hover{color:#595959;text-decoration-color:border-link-body-hover;}contact us! Anne Rice, 73, visited St. Alphonsus Roman Catholic Church in New Orleans on Oct. 30, 2014. She repeatedly returned to King's Firestarter for inspiration, saying "I study the novel Firestarter whenever I'm blocked. There was the sense, profound and wordless, that if He knew everything I did not have to know everything, and that, in seeking to know everything, I'd been, all of my life, missing the entire point. In the mid-2000s, following a publicized return to Catholicism, Rice published the novels Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt and Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana, fictionalized accounts of certain incidents in the life of Jesus. But he assured his mothers fans that we're planning a very large public celebration of life in New Orleans later in the year, one that will be fun and loud and glittering and absolutely Anne.. She was 80 years old. [33] Their daughter Michele, later nicknamed "Mouse", was born to the couple on September 21, 1966, and Rice later interrupted her graduate studies at SFSU to become a PhD candidate at the University of California, Berkeley. [144][bettersourceneeded] She subsequently requested that FanFiction.Net remove stories featuring her characters. [9][23][24] Soon afterward, she and her sisters were placed by their father in St. Joseph Academy. Hope & New Orleans: A History of Crescent City Street Names. Screenwriter James D. Parriott penned the screenplay, and the pilot ultimately aired on CBS, starring Dean Cain and Robert Patrick. She passed away due to complications resulting. However, others have criticized her writing style as both verbose and overly philosophical. "[23], In addition, Rice's writing style has been heavily analyzed. Of this period, Rice says, "What you see when you're in that state is every single flaw in our hygiene and you can't control it and you go crazy. I remain committed to Christ as always but not to being 'Christian' or to being part of Christianity. The reason? She reveals that her novels Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana, her thriller Angel Time and her memoir, Called Out of Darkness here at this home. Anne Rice, a New Orleans native, passed away in 2021 at the age of 80. In 2005, Newsweek reported, "[Rice] came close to death last year, when she had surgery for an intestinal blockage, and also back in 1998, when she went into a sudden diabetic coma; that same year she returned to the Roman Catholic Church, which she'd left at 18. Her most popular book, Interview with the Vampire, was published in 1976 and later made into a movie of the same name, starring Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt. At the height of his mothers success, he said, he had been a typical rebellious teen who took a dismissive and anxious attitude toward his parents, distancing himself from them. Sliding glass doors off the master lead out onto the screened-in porch, where Annes gorgeous stone fountain sits just outside as something plucked directly from one of her novels. In this April 25, 2006, file photo, writer Anne Rice arrives to the opening night of the new Broadway musical "Lestat," in New York. [23] Upon its publication in 1988, The Queen of the Damned was given an initial hardcover printing of 405,000 copies. Named Howard after her father, Rice changed her first name to "Anne" in the first grade. She was married to poet and painter Stan Rice for 41 years, from 1961 until his death from brain cancer in 2002 at age 60. Thank you for all that you gave us, Anne. [15], Well, my birth name is Howard Allen because apparently my mother thought it was a good idea to name me Howard. Goodness is a difficulty. Rice once recounted in an interview that she was able to hear the mournful jazz music from her coffin and feel every jostle and bump along the way, and it was a wonderful experience.. ], and Mathis left San Francisco in August to enroll in a nursing program in Oklahoma. There are various landmarks around New Orleans that anyone can visit to experience Anne Rices New Orleans. Rice, the gothic novelist widely known for her . Author Anne Rice hailed from New Orleans, Louisiana. In 2010, Rice said that she was no longer a Christian. It is probably the home most associated with the writer. [18], However, according to the authorized biography Prism of the Night, by Katherine Ramsland, Rice's father was the source of his daughter's birth name: "Thinking back to the days when his own name had been associated with girls, and perhaps in an effort to give it away, Howard named the little girl Howard Allen Frances O'Brien. Stan, who passed in December of 2002, has three of his poems engraved on plaques on the left side of the tomb. Some time later, Anne received a special delivery letter from Stan Rice asking her to marry him. Anne Rice, the gothic novelist widely known for her bestselling novel "Interview With the Vampire," died late Saturday at the age of 80. 3. [39] Rice, an admitted alcoholic, and her husband, Stan Rice, quit drinking in mid-1979 so their son would not have the life that she had as a child. Anne Rices former home on 3711 St. Charles Ave. Not to mention seven US presidents who have played the course. [49] After moving to Rancho Mirage, California in 2006,[52] Rice wrote a second volume Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana, published in March 2008, and was working on a third Christ the Lord: Kingdom of Heaven in November 2008. Inside New Orleans's Generations Hall was the 27th annual Gathering of the Ancients Ball, where members of the Anne Rice's Vampire Lestat Fan Club (ARVLFC) had come from all over the country . The Garden District, 1239 First Street. Much smaller than St. Elizabeths, the center hall home is 8,747 square feet and has the original gorgeous stained-glass windows. As irony would have it, the old adversaries are now neighbors. The second title in the series, Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana, was released in 2008. Anne Rice wrote supernatural novels. She also wrote mainstream fiction using the pen name Anne Rampling.Later Works. They married on October 14, 1961, in Denton, Texas, soon after she turned twenty years old, and when he was just weeks from his nineteenth birthday. [59][89] In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, Rice elaborated on her view regarding being a member of a Christian church: "I feel much more morally comfortable walking away from organized religion. Anne paid $3,600,000 for the 9,156 square foot, 6 bedroom, 9 bathroom, cliffside home. [121], In November 2016, Rice announced on Facebook that the rights to her novels had reverted to her despite earlier plans for other adaptations. Madame Johns Legacy at 632 Dumaine Street in the French Quarter currently (under construction). Her most famous series was Vampire Chronicles, which included the book Interview with the Vampire. She was a bit of a Bohemian, a bit of mad woman, a bit of a genius, and a great deal of a great teacher. Anne Rice relocated to California in 2005 to be closer to her son following her husbands death. "I thought it was a passing fancy." Turns out, it was not. The suits were thrown out (the big winner was theTimes-Picayunewho made $$$ in advertising fees) and Copeland ran a Find Lestat" promotion at his restaurant and urged his employees to dress up like vampires. [57] Ferraro, in a statement typical of many reviewers, described Rice's prose as "florid, both lurid and lyrical, and full of sensuous detail". Renowned author Anne Rice, known for her many Gothic novels, has died at the age of 80, her family announced Sunday. Outside, citrus trees, towering palms, and colorful flowers add lushness and beauty to the grounds. Now a luxury condo, the stunning Second Empire-style building boasts incredibly detailed stained glass windows as well as stone angels (added by Anne herself), and a swimming pool. Until 2004, Rice's unique doll collection filled a three-story former orphanage in New Orleans. In its former life as the Rice estate, the building also featured a huge ballroom complete with a stage, ample space for seating, gorgeous crystal chandeliers, and hardwood floors. Rice was married to poet Stan Rice for 41 years, until his death in 2002. It was also the setting for her novel,The Witching Hour, Anne Rices former home in New Orleans on 1239 First Street. The release of the cast recording of the show is reportedly on hold indefinitely.[131]. Anne Rice is best known for her series of novels The Vampire Chronicles which Hollywood made into two. The ceremony will be private. [3][4] While reaction to her early works was initially mixed, she gained a better reception with critics in the 1980s. This is Anne's son. Rice laid in a glass coffin and was driven to the Garden District Book Shop for her signing. [60] The New York Times critic Michiko Kakutani wrote that "Anne Rice has what might best be described as a Gothic imagination crossed with a campy taste for the decadent and the bizarre. A public celebration of life was to take place . No social paradox, no historic disaster, no hideous record of injustice or misery should keep me from Him. To add a touch of mystery to this legend, both bodies of the brothers mysteriously vanished from their familys funeral vault long ago. This isnt just any neighborhood, this has long been a playground for superstars, including Bing Crosby, Bob Hope and Lucille Ball. [114][115], In 1997, Rice wrote the story for a television pilot entitled Rag and Bone, featuring elements of both horror and crime fiction. Though . Shortly thereafter, she clarified her statement: My faith in Christ is central to my life. She fell into a coma, later determined to be caused by diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA), on December 14, 1998, and nearly died. Her death has left a void, but fans dont just have her literature to remember her by. [92][37] According to a statement from Rice's son Christopher Rice, the family planned to inter her at the family mausoleum at Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans. Anne Rice passed away on December 11, 2021, at age 80 due to a stroke. Anne Rice, the novelist whose lush, best-selling gothic tales, including "Interview With a Vampire," reinvented the blood-drinking immortals as tragic antiheroes, has died. The first title, Angel Time, hit bookshelves in 2009, followed by Love and Evil in 2011. She was 80. She was the author of more than 30 books, including her first novel, Interview with the Vampire, which was published in 1976. . Rice stated that she was a secular humanist in a Facebook post on April 14, 2013. [127] Anne and Christopher Rice were to serve as executive producers on any projects developed. (Photo by Sophia Germer, NOLA.com, The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate), Dark clouds roll in over Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home & Cemeteries during the funeral service for Anne Rice in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. Born and raised in New Orleans, Rice set many of her most celebrated novels in her hometown, including Interview and the Lives of the Mayfair Witches series. Rice's son Christopher Rice announced her death late . [75] After completing Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt, Rice left New Orleans in 2005 shortly before the events of Hurricane Katrina in August. Rice . in 1972. The latest scoop on Anne's activities, including tours of New Orleans, The Coven Ball, new novels and booktours, and fan services. Anne Rice, the author of the bestselling novel Interview With The Vampire, has died at the age of 80. The next day she had the pin on. I am now myself again. [7], Rice cited Charles Dickens,[41] Virginia Woolf,[42] John Milton,[41] Ernest Hemingway,[42] William Shakespeare,[42] the Bront sisters,[41] Jean-Paul Sartre,[15] Henry James,[23] Arthur Conan Doyle, H. Rider Haggard,[43] and Stephen King[44] as influences on her work. As a means to honor one of the greatest authors of our time, Velvet Ropes is giving you an inside look at Anne Rices career, life, and the Anne Rice house below. Finally, no gothic mansion would be complete without a posh formal dining room and this one definitely fits the criteria! She was. "[32] Rice attended San Francisco State University and obtained a B.A. We invite you to share condolences for Anne Rice in the Guest Book. 1 spot on The New York Times Best Seller list, staying on the list for more than four months. 1: "Lestat's Tomb". Fans are curious to know her net worth after the many novels she released in her legacy. (Photo by Sophia Germer, NOLA.com, The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate), Stained glass glows inside the Rice mausoleum at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home & Cemeteries in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. (Photo by Ric Francis, NOLA.com | The Times-Picayune). The acclaimed queen of contemporary Gothic literature would later be placed in a stately, neoclassical crypt that was first built as the final resting place for her husband, the poet and artist Stan Rice, who died in 2002. Below are her five homes you can scroll or click the link below to scroll to each home. In addition to her vampire-themed works, Anne also published everything from erotica to non-fiction literature and even some religious book titles throughout her long, illustrious career. Hope & New Orleans: A History of Crescent City Street Names (Landmarks). But following Christ does not mean following His followers. To cover every single piece of literature that Anne Rice provided us over the span of her career would take almost an entire article in itself to cover, so well be going over her most famous works here instead! I've failed. (Irwin Thompson/The Times-Picayune archive), Anne Rice, in September 1990. The couple lived in the area until the late 1980s. She was 80 years old. No question of Scriptural integrity, no torment over the fate of this or that atheist or gay friend, no worry for those condemned and ostracized by my church or any other church should stand between me and Him. Rice gained a vast cult readership for her supernatural novels. She began her professional writing career with the publication of Interview with the Vampire (1976), while living in California, and began writing sequels to the novel in the 1980s. [110] On November 8, 2014, during an interview with her long-time editor, Victoria Wilson, at the Chicago Humanities Festival, Rice revealed that filming had finished on the movie and was going into post-production. St. Elizabeth's Orphanage Asylum, 1314 Napoleon. Rice studied briefly at Texas Women's University and North Texas State College. After a convincing friend and former schoolmate, Ginny Mathis, to join her in San Francisco, the pair moved in together and both attended the University of San Francisco a mens Jesuit school that offered night courses for women. She persuaded her former roommate from Texas Woman's University, Ginny Mathis, to join her, and they found an apartment in the Haight-Ashbury district. The Rice Family Tomb: Located in Metairie Cemetery (5100 Pontchartrain Blvd), the Rice mausoleum holds her husband Stan and young daughter Michele. Stan Rice became an instructor at San Francisco State shortly after receiving his own M.A. NEW YORK Anne Rice, the novelist whose lush, best-selling gothic tales, including "Interview With a Vampire," reinvented the blood-drinking immortals as tragic antiheroes, has died. Despite Rice's own overwhelming approval and praise,[128] the show received disappointing attendance and largely negative reviews from critics. Celebrated author Anne Rice died on Saturday, December 11, after suffering complications due to a stroke. Around this time, Rice distanced herself from organized religion. Email Doug MacCash at dmaccash@theadvocate.com. .css-m6thd4{-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;display:block;margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;font-family:Gilroy,Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;font-size:1.125rem;line-height:1.2;font-weight:bold;color:#323232;text-transform:capitalize;}@media (any-hover: hover){.css-m6thd4:hover{color:link-hover;}}Who Is Dilbert Cartoonist Scott Adams? [120] Four parts of Anne Rice's story treatment for the series were published in 1999 as a bonus in the comic book series called Anne Rice's Tale of the Body Thief. Anne Rice, ne Howard Allen O'Brien, (born October 4, 1941, New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.died December 11, 2021, Rancho Mirage, California), American author who was best known for her novels about vampires and other supernatural creatures. Christopher announced that Anne will be interred in their family's mausoleum at Metairie Cemetery in New Orleans. (CBS News) Author Anne Rice is doing what she does best: writing about the dark side. ", "Author Rice puts her La Jolla home up for sale for $11.5 million", "Anne Rice puts Rancho Mirage home on the market", "Powell's Books buys Anne Rice collection", "Novelist Anne Rice ditches Christianity for Christ", "Anne Rice discusses her decision to quit Christianity. Originally the site of St Elizabeths boarding school, this massive 55,000 square foot building is the former residence of Anne and Stan Rice in the decadent city of New Orleans. The movie starred Tom Cruise as Lestat, Brad Pitt as the guilt-ridden Louis, and a young Kirsten Dunst in her breakout role as the deceitful child vampire Claudia. (1941-2021) Who Is Anne Rice? Ms. Rice! [36][37], Rice's son Christopher was born in Berkeley, California, in 1978;[38] he has become a best-selling author in his own right, publishing his first novel at the age of 22. The kitchen is slightly more contemporary than much of the first floor, featuring updated cabinetry, recessed lighting, and stainless-steel appliances. Rice said that she and her son, author Christopher Rice, would be developing and executive producing a potential television series based on the novels. [34][35] Her daughter was diagnosed with acute granulocytic leukemia in 1970, while Rice was still in the graduate program. 2021 All Rights Reserved by Velvet Ropes, Inc. Rancho Mirage, California | Her Longtime CA Home, New Orleans, Louisiana | St. Elizabeths | Backdrop of, New Orleans, Louisiana | Longtime Garden District Home, New Orleans, Louisiana | Rosegate Mansion | Backdrop of, American Horror Story: Coven House (not actually Annes). (Kathy Anderson/The Times-Picayune archive), Novelist Anne Rice, author of 'The Vampire Chronciles,' holds a doll and a candle in her Garden District home in New Orleans, October 31, 1988. Obituary. [116], The Feast of All Saints was made into a Showtime original miniseries in 2001, directed by Peter Medak and starring James Earl Jones and Gloria Reuben. In addition to The Vampire Chronicles, Anne also wrote 3 novels about the Mayfair Witches as well as a 4-part Sleeping Beauty erotic book series, the New Tales of the Vampires series, The Wolf Gift Chronicles, Ramses the Damned, Christ the Lord, and several standalone works. Known as Rosegate Mansion and located at 1239 First Street in New Orleans, only 11 minutes from the French Quarter, this Greek Revival was not only the former home of Anne Rice it was also the location where some of her Mayfair Witches novels were meant to take place! Type your e-mail address and click "JOIN". "[68] Her return did not come with a full embrace of the Church's stances on social issues; Rice remained a vocal supporter of equality for gay men and lesbians (including marriage rights), as well as abortion rights and birth control,[69] writing extensively on such issues. In addition to being Annes private residence, the estate also played host to some of Annes 2000+ porcelain doll collection. "I was honored to have my aunt's name," she said, "but it was my burden and joy as a child to have strange names. Located at 3711 St Charles Avenue, Annes former 5-bedroom, 5.5-bathroom New Orleans Garden District home is estimated to be worth $4.6 million as of 2022! [112], In August 2014, Universal Pictures had acquired the rights to Rice's Vampire Chronicles. Rice was born and raised in New Orleans, something . Looking at these photos, you can definitely see why she would choose this place as a location for her book! Rice died on Dec. 11 at the age of 80. (Photo by Sophia Germer, NOLA.com, The Times-Picayune | The New Orleans Advocate), The Copeland mausoleum stands a little over a block from the Rice mausoleum at Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home & Cemeteries in New Orleans, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022. Anne Rice, the New Orleans-born author of the beyond-popular 1976 novel Interview with the Vampire and several sequels, returned to her hometown Saturday afternoon. She leaves behind one son, Christopher. Anne Rice's death at age 80 came after a stroke Christopher Rice posted a tribute to his mother and announced she had died on Dec. 11. She also wrote the first two books in her Songs of the Seraphim series, Angel Time and Of Love and Evil, and her memoir Called Out of Darkness: A Spiritual Confession. Anne Rice owned several mansions in her native New Orleans. More elegant chandeliers, grand floor-to-ceiling windows, and a fireplace create a decadent space fit for any occasion, even a vampire dinner party! This space gives us yet another sneak peek into what St Elizabeths looked like when the Rices lived there. [24], Following the publication of Interview with the Vampire, while living in California, Rice wrote two historical novels, The Feast of All Saints and Cry to Heaven, along with three erotic novels (The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty, Beauty's Punishment, and Beauty's Release) under the pseudonym A. N. 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